On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:18:16 -0800
Ian Truelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:05:09 -0600
> TriKster Abacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > This just goes to prove that I am not the only one seeing this
> > bullsh*ty "ooohooohoooohhh ... 2.6.X is so great!" crap
> > 
> Excuse me for interrupting, but does it make a lot of sense to be
> benchmarking what is essentially a development kernel? 

I imagine IBM did the benchmarks to get a feel for the improvements in
the enterprise (i.e. multi-cpu server) support for 2.6.  This is not to
say that it won't imrove more after .10, etc.

> 
> For the record, I have seen a slight downgrade in X performance with
> 2.6, but not much of one. However, I am not running 2.6 for speed, but
> to help in the development in whatever small way that I can. 
> 
> I am giving them a good 10 releases before I expect to see the same or
> better performance.
> 

I have noticed little difference in performance, and on my measly
desktop, nothing but rock-solid stability for six months of 2.5/2.6.

Be patient my son.

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1

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